Joachim Durchholz <joachim_d@gmx.de> schreibt:>I then>inlined the system code, making the CPU wait 80% of the time...

The Atari ST perhaps is not a good example, due to the bad compiler used for
the kernel ROMs. A simple recompile of the system, using an better compiler,
could have similar effects. Do you remember KAOS, the manually optimized ST
kernel?